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Can Jay-Z teach us about success?

Editor — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:56:08 +0000

Jay-Z is one of the most successful rappers in history. He has gained great business success as well having been the CEO of two powerful music labels. When it comes to personal success you only have to look at the women he married! So what can Jay teach us about success and work ethic? The answer is: A LOT!

Below is an excerpt from a great article from lifedev.net…

1. Give people what they want
“I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars, they criticize me for it yet they all yell holla.”

2. Take risks
“The Martha Stewart that’s far from Jewish, far from a Harvard student, just had the balls to do it.”

3. Don’t give up
“Put me anywhere on God’s green earth, I’ll triple my worth.”

4. Take care of the people around you
“I got mouths to feed til they put flowers on me.”

5. Watch your mouth
“A wise man once told me don’t argue with fools, because people from a distance cant tell who is who.”

6. Make your own destiny
“…The more space I get the better I write, (Oh) Never I write, but, if, ever I write, I need the space to say whatever I like.”

To read the full article written Ramsay by which includes in-depth analysis of each of these six lessons as well as some great inspiring facts about Jay-Z click on the following link;
http://lifedev.net/2008/04/what-jay-z-can-teach-you-about-massive-success-and-work-ethic/

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Russell Simmons succeeding in business

Video Archiever — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:01:36 +0000

Russell Simmons is an inspiration character for me just for the complete journey from poverty to an abundance of multi-billion dollar wealth. As a self made entrepreneur he without doubt paved the way for some of the more widely know modern Hip-Hop successes such as P.Diddy and Jay-Z.

I found this little wall street journal clip where he talks about starting up to also becoming a leader of many companies. There are a few great quotes from a very wise experienced business mogul too.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4pFcwQbmLso

Stand out quote for me…
“The can be anything you want to be and you can start today as opposed to waiting for some opportunity.

Video: Gary Vaynerchuk motivates you to succeed

Editor — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:53:43 +0000

The founder of Wine Library, Gary Vaynerchuk give a very passionate and motivational speech about building a personal brand in the Social Media Landscape at the New York Web 2.0 Expo. Although at first it may sound like quite a techie topic, he actually talks much more about doing what make you happy in life! No excuses!

Standout Quotes
“Passion… There is no reason in 2008 to do stuff you hate!”

“9 to 5 you don’t have time?!…Rubbish… 7pm to 2am in the morning is plenty of time to do damage”

“Hustle is the most important word EVER!”

“Position yourself to succeed”

“Everybody has time, stop watching the Lost! (TV Programme)”

All about the Benjamin$

Editor — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:25:12 +0000

Rap artists may look like blinged-up fantasists high on attitude, but some – like 50 Cent – are masters of marketing, squeezing mega-fortunes out of carefully crafted personal brands. Dave Waller investigates.

…Rappers don’t seem the type for self-help books. They tend to ascribe their success to their experience hustling drugs or home-produced tapes, rather than the woolly pronouncements of books like Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret. It’s hard to picture 50 Cent sitting on a bean-bag wishing so hard that all his dreams eventually come true.

But there’s one book that has had every self-respecting rap mogul scurrying to the mind-body-spirit shelves: Robert Greene’s 1998 tome, The 48 Laws of Power, a work that condenses historical wisdom from the likes of Machiavelli into a practical handbook of ladder-climbing.

To read the full article written by Dave Waller click on the following link;
http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/search/article/870436/all-benjamin

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